FOREST TREES AND FOREST REGIONS OF THE U. S. 21 



Name of tree 



Where the tree grows 



Descriptive notes 



Basswood (Tilia porracea) 



(White-fruited) basswood (Tilia 

 leucocarpa). 



Basswood (Tilia venulosa) 



Basswood (Tilia httoralis) 



Basswood (Tilia crenoserrata) . 



Basswood (Tilia australis) 



(Southern)* basswood (Tilia 



floridana). 

 Basswood (Tilia cocksii) 



(Hairy)* basswood (Tilia ne- 



glecta). 



(Carolina)* basswood (Tilia 

 caroliniana) . 



(Texas)* basswood (Tilia Tex- 



ana). 

 Basswood (Tilia phanera) 



Basswood (Tilia eburnea). 

 Basswood (Tilia lata) 



White basswood (Tilia hetero- 

 phylla) . 



White basswood (Tilia monti- 

 cola). 



(Georgia)* basswood (Tilia geor- 



giana). 

 Loblolly-bay (Gordonia lasian- 



thus) . 



Franklinia (Franklinia alta- 

 maha). 



Cinnamon bark (Canella winter- 

 ana). 



Papaya (Clarica papaya) 



Western Florida 



Alabama to Arkansas and 



Southwestern North Carolina.. 

 Southeastern Georgia 



Southwestern Georgia and 



Florida. 



Northeastern Alabama 



North Carolina south and west 



to Oklahoma and Texas. 

 Southwestern Louisiana 



New England south, in moun- 

 tains to Mississippi, west to 

 Missouri. 



North Carolina, Georgia, and 

 west to Texas. 



Southeastern Texas. 

 South-central Texas. 



Western North Carolina to 



Florida. 

 Northwestern Alabama 



Tree cactus * ( Cephalocereus 

 deeringii). 



Mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) . 



Gurgeon stopper (Eugenia buxi- 

 folia). 



White stopper (Eugenia axil- 

 laris). 

 Red stopper (Eugenia rhombea) . 



Red stopper (Eugenia confusa).. 



Naked stopper (Eugenia di- 



crana). 

 Stopper (Eugenia simpsonii) 



Stopper (Eugenia longipes) 



Stopper (Eugenia bahamensis)... 



White spicewood (Calyptran- 

 thes pallens) . 



Spicewood (Calyptranthes zuzy- 

 gium). 



(Name ?) (Tetrazygia bicolor) 



Black olive tree (Bucida buceras). 



Buttonwood (Conocarpus erecta) 



Pennsylvania to Missouri and 

 south into Gulf States. 



Appalachian Mountains 

 (meeting of Virginia, North 

 Carolina, and Tennessee). 



South Carolina to Florida. 

 Arkansas. 



South Atlantic and Gulf coas- 

 tal region. 



Altamaha River, Ga. (orig- 

 inally), but now known only 

 in cultivation. 



Southern Florida (tropical) — 



Eastern coast of southern Flor- 

 ida (tropical). 



Southern Florida (tropical) . . 



Coast of lower Florida penin- 

 sula (tropical). 



Southern Florida (tropical) . _ 



East coast of Florida (tropi- 

 cal). 

 Florida Keys (tropical) 



Southern Florida (tropical) . 

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Leaves fuzzy below, oblique at base. 



Leaves coarsely toothed, not hairy 

 tufted. Flower stalk densely hairy. 



Branchlets bright red and stout. 



Leaves finely toothed. Branchlets 

 slender. 



Leaves roundedly toothed, smooth on 

 lower surface. 



Leaves smooth below, thin. 



Leaves thin, coarsely toothed. Sum- 

 mer twigs not pubescent. 



Leaves blue-green, shiny below in 

 early summer. 



Leaves with short fine hairs on lower 

 surface. 



Leaves square at base, sparsely hairy 

 below, smooth above. Branchlets 

 smooth. 



Leaves, heart-shaped base. Branch- 

 lets smooth. 



Leaves rounded, deeply heart-shaped 

 at base. 



Leaves obliquely squared at base. 

 Branchlets hairy. 



Leaves oval, long-pointed, heart-shape 

 at base. Branchlets reddish. 



Leaves densely woolly below, squared 

 or heart-shape at base. Branchlets 

 slender. 



Leaves white, woolly below, squared at 

 base. Branchlets stout. 



Leaves pale, woolly below. Branch- 

 lets fine, hairy. Winter buds hairy. 



Leaves thick, shiny, smooth, 4 to 5 

 inches long, narrow at base, persist- 

 ent on branch. Related to the tea 

 plant of Asia. 



Leaves 5 inches long, oblong, narrowed 

 at base, shiny. Flowers showy 

 white, 3 inches across. Planted for 

 ornament. 



Leaves elliptical, rounded at ends, 

 thick, shiny. Inner bark, the cin- 

 namon of commerce. 



Leaves very large, much lobed; 3 to 5 

 inches long, edible. Cultivated for 

 fruit. 



No leaves. Branches usually 10-ribbed, 

 spiny. Flowers inconspicuous, dark 

 red. 



Leaves opposite, thick, evergreen, ellip- 

 tical, 4 inches long. Fruit, a bsrry 

 germinating on the tree. 



Leaves opposite, rounded at end, thick, 

 1 inch long. Flower clusters (race- 

 mes) in leaf axil. 



Leaves opposite, 2 inches long, narrow, 

 blunt pointed. 



Leaves opposite. Flowers in bunches 

 (fascicles) . 



Leaves opposite, long pointed. Flow- 

 ers as above. 



Leaves opposite. Flowers 3-flowered, 

 open clusters. 



Leaves larger than above. Doubly 

 3-flowered. 



Leaves opposite, evergreen. Flowers 

 white, fragrant. 



Leaves rounded. Fruit black. Flow- 

 ers sweet. 



Leaves opposite, long pointed, 2 to 3 

 inches long. Flowers minute, in 

 compound clusters (panicles) . 



Leaves opposite, elliptical, rounded; 

 branchlets smooth. Flowers small, 

 in sparse clusters (cymes) . 



Leaves opposite. Flowers showy, 

 white. 



Leaves in whorls, 2 to 3 inches long : 

 rounded at ends. Flowers in spikes. 



Flowers in heads. Fruit in cones. 



